On the market: John Lampen’s Thought for the Week

‘Will we only change when catastrophe forces us?’

by John Lampen 26th July 2024

As a child I often saw fields where the stubble was burnt off after the harvest, to enrich the soil. When I asked a farmer why this stopped, he said, ‘It was a good practice for the son, but bad for the grandson.’ I recalled this as I listened to the contenders in the recent election promising economic growth.